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Cisco gets Agitated Over Wifi

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and privately held Agito Networks, announced last week
that Cisco would use Agito's wifi integration technology to deliver fixed mobile
convergence (FMC) capabilities.

Nemertes' recent study, Advanced Communications Services: Next generation
Wireless, finds that FMC is interesting to the enterprise IT, but that
adoption has been slowed by carriers' reluctance to provide FMC services, and of
enterprises to cede network control. This announcement, as well as offerings by
other vendors, such as privately held DiVitas, does a neat end run around the
issues.

Impacts:

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Cisco Gets "Down and Dirty" Without SOAP

Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) announced "Etch", a new messaging protocol for
client/server and web services integration. Cisco positions Etch as a more
streamlined protocol than Simple Object Oriented Protocol (SOAP), and thus
better suited as an integration protocol between a Service-Oriented Architecture
(SOA) and unified communications. This announcement is in line with findings in
Nemertes benchmark, Service-Oriented Architectures and Applications, that
half the participants are integrating their unified communications applications
into their SOA.

Impacts:

Enterprises: Etch is one of many message protocols, including SOAP. Focus on
SOA as the framework to support whatever protocol is best for your requirements.

Vendors: Other vendors (i.e. privately held Avaya) have been promoting
existing protocols for SOA integration with UC. Market flux means vendors
developing interoperable products will need to support multiple protocols.

Investors: It's too early to tell if this is just YAP (Yet Another Protocol)
or something with investment impact.

http://www.nemertes.com/benchmarks/nemertes_benchmark_softwareoriented_architectures_and_applications
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9088338&source=rss_news50

Ted Ritter, Research Analyst

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All The Network You're Entitled To Use: Rohati Systems Network Based Entitlement Management

Privately held Rohati Systems announced its "Transaction Networking System,"
a session- and transaction-aware application security proxy appliance for nearly
any networked application.

Increasing awareness of data leaks and insider threats have raised concern
about identity and access management among IT executives; more than 25% of
participants in Nemertes' benchmark, Security and Information Protection,
identified it as a 2008 spending priority. By embedding role-and
identity-based access control invisibly in the network, Rohati simplifies
implementation of role-based access control systems.

Impacts:

Enterprises: Embedding entitlement enforcement in the network can solve
security problems for SOA, Web 2.0, and legacy applications -- explore the
option!

Vendors: Rohati, like Cisco's planned TrustSec architecture, moves
server-based security function into the network. Have a strategy for moving your
own security products into the network.

Investors: Rohati's approach challenges connector- or client-based solutions,
such as those from Tipping Point (NASDAQ:COMS), Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL), Oracle
(NASDAQ:ORCL), and Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA)

http://www.nemertes.com/products_services/research/benchmarks/nemertes_benchmark_security_and_information_protection
http://www.rohati.com/newsandevents/press-launch-release_05192008.php

John E. Burke, Principal Research Analyst

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Virtual Machine Hardening: Tripwire Makes it Easier

Tripwire, a privately held company, announced availability of VMware
(NYSE:VMW) hardening policies for Tripwire Enterprise for VMware ESX Server.
Through Tripwire, organizations will be able to automate the implementation and
management of VMware's secure configuration recommendations. Proper VM
configuration management is a baseline security best practice as discussed in
Nemertes Issue Paper Virtualization Risk Analysis, and the upcoming,
Virtualization Security Market Analysis.

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Expanded Telepresence: AT&T Throws Weight Behind Service

AT&T (NASDAQ: T), in partnership with Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), plans to
offer a fully managed telepresence service to 23 countries later this year. It
includes AT&T-owned, Cisco telepresence equipment, installation, full
monitoring and management of the application, network provisioning (including
AT&T VPN transport), remote help desk service, and on-site equipment
maintenance and repair.

Other leased telepresence services exist, including the hosted service from
Nortel and Teliris, the AT&T offering is the first hosted service enabling
inter-company connections using Cisco telepresence.

More than half the organizations in Nemertes' Building The Successful
Virtual Workplace benchmark were evaluating or planning to deploy
high-definition videoconferencing and telepresence. Cost is cited most often as
the reason enterprises are not considering. Although AT&T has not released
rates, we expect to see interest in the service if the price is right.

Impacts:

Enterprises: Companies can leverage Cisco telepresence over AT&T's MPLS
network without the large up-front capital expense. Further, businesses can hold
multi-company conferences via telepresence.

Vendors/carriers: Take advantage of the push to "go green." Enterprises are
looking for ways to cut down on travel, while at the same time maintaining a
more intimate connection than what they can achieve with a web or traditional
video conferences.

Investors: Expect to see more large service providers jumping on board with
both Cisco and their competitors to offer telepresence as a fully managed
service.

Katherine Trost, research analyst

http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/prod_042008.html?POSITION=LINK&COUNTRY_SITE=us&CAMPAIGN=NewsAtCiscoLatestNewsfromCDCHP&CREATIVE=LINK2&REFERRING_SITE=CISCO.COMHOMEPAGE

http://www.nemertes.com/networking_telecommunications/nemertes_benchmark_building_a_successful_virtual_workplace

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Virtual Worker Mobility Gets A Boost

Verizon Business (NYSE:VZ) introduced a hosted mobile telephony-integration
service based on Research In Motion's (NASDAQ:RIMM) "Ascendant" platform.
Features include caller ID, call-transfer, call parking, and a BlackBerry client
to enable access to desktop phone applications.

More than 90% of participants in the Nemertes' benchmark, Advanced
Communication Services, say their organizations are now supporting
mobile-computing devices, and have a growing desire to integrate mobile devices
into enterprise unified-communications strategies.

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WiMAX Gets Another Shot in the Arm

WiMAX should be called the come-back kid of wireless. Last week, Comcast
(NASDAQ:CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (NASDAQ: TWC) announced they would partner with
Sprint (NYSE:S) to bankroll deployment of Sprint's WiMAX network. Google
(NASDAQ:GOOG) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) have also expressed interest in
participating. Although the anticipated investment ($1.5 billion) falls short of
Sprint's estimate for full deployment ($3 billion to $5 billion) it is enough a
significant partial build-out.

Nemertes' latest benchmark, Advanced Communications Services,
identifies the proliferation and uncertain futures of wireless standards as a
source of confusion for enterprise IT planners. Time Warner and Comcast's
involvement will allay some of this uncertainty about WiMAX, although the
question of WiMAX's ultimate footprint still remains.

Impacts:

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UC Enters the Contact Center

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and privately held Aspect Software announced a
partnership to integrate Aspect's contact-center applications with Microsoft's
Office Communications Server 2007, providing businesses with additional
capabilities to leverage unified communications for business-process
improvement.